Trump Suggests Joe Scarborough Murdered His Intern In Florida

[Me.]

After decades Of conjecture I can’t believe there aren’t at least 20 threads about this.

“President Donald Trump suggested in a tweet this morning that frequent critic Joe Scarborough, the host of the MSNBC's Morning Joe, killed his intern in 2001.

Donald J. Trump
✔ @realDonaldTrump
So now that Matt Lauer is gone when will the Fake News practitioners at NBC be terminating the contract of Phil Griffin? And will they terminate low ratings Joe Scarborough based on the “unsolved mystery” that took place in Florida years ago? Investigate!
9:14 AM - Nov 29, 2017

When Scarborough was a Republican Congressman for Florida, his intern, Lori Klausutis, was found dead in his Florida district office. There is no proof that Scarborough had anything to do with it.”…cont….

http://www.newsweek.com/trump-suggests-scarborough-murdered-intern-725653

[Hortensis]

1. He's having quite a twitter morning. Let's hope he thinks

he's launching more powerful hits that way than with the nuclear football.

Hmmm. Could this morning's nastiness, hard-right Islam hate, etcetera, be because he was told in no uncertain terms last night that major military action was out of the question?

[Me.]

8. Well, Something Has Gotten Up His Nose.

I was shocked by the tweet. For ever so long, well to this day, people have been bringing up the Joe/dead intern story and…nothing. Suddenly, the delusional one does. How did he know and are they looking for a huge distraction?

[Hortensis]

13. Oh, isn't media gossip a passion for him? He sandwiched

in those comments on Matt Lauer between one about China and NK and others purveying vicious anti-Muslim stories. He's probably held off because he misses the love from Joe and Mika.

[Dreamer Tatum]

2. A few on DU have suggested that same thing nt

[dsc]

4. and they shouldn't be President either

[Kingofalldems]

5. Except none of us are POTUS.

Not really a good try.

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. So he might have killed his intern if you're NOT POTUS, and he clearly didn't if you are.

Ah, the catacombs of the DU system of jurisprudence.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Addressed

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029899084

[Me.]

10. My Faith In DU Is REstored

[Kingofalldems]

19. Nice.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. But they're not the president.

It's one thing to snark on a message board; it's something else for a president to make an accusation like that. And you know damn well Orange Foolius doesn't believe for a minute that Scarborough actually murdered his intern (and neither do most of the snarkers, really); he's just trying to get even with Scarborough in his inimitably juvenile way for criticizing him.

[Dreamer Tatum]

11. So if the POTUS is bullshitting, so is anyone else who claimed JS is a murderer

Got it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Bullshitting on an internet message board is not the same

as bullshitting by the president of the United States. Nobody gives a crap about wild-ass comments on DU. People do give a crap about what the president says, although in the case of this president they probably shouldn't. Nobody on DU (as far as I know) was accusing Scarborough with the actual intent to cause him harm because we all know that bullshitting on an internet message board is basically just masturbation - we do it for our own pleasure (just as we're doing right now) but it doesn't have any effect in the real world. What Dolt 45 says matters, even if it shouldn't. And that's the difference.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. I see. That's helpful, thanks. nt

[Kingofalldems]

21. Really not a good try there.

[Dreamer Tatum]

22. Try of what? I've been here since 2001.

Scarborough has been called a flat-out murderer here. Either he is, or he's not. Which is it?

[Kingofalldems]

24. 2001? Profile says 2007.

[Dreamer Tatum]

25. Yes, 2001. Lots of people change IDs. I guess 10 years isn't enough for you, in any case? nt

[Cicada]

20. And I objected when it was done here too but we cant really harm people

Those here Aren’t in a position to do any real harm, they don’t have any obligation to pin down the facts. We just talk casually among ourselves. We aren’t in position to harm someone from incomplete research, from less than perfect reasoning.

But Trump absolutely harms people. Millions will now think Scarborough is a murderer.

I agree with Dershowitz that we should be extremely reluctant to use criminal laws to fight political battles but Scarborough should have the right to be compensated for vile slander. Trump is close to the line. He should suffer for making vile false charges.

[HipChick]

3. I wonder how MJ is going to handle this?

Either way, high ratings for tomorrows show..

[PearliePoo2]

12. Joe's response on twitter (so far)

"Looks like I picked a good day to stop responding to Trump's bizarre tweets. He is not well."

[dalton99a]

14. Trump lives for revenge

Link to tweet

[Me.]

16. He's Worried About Being Fat?

that ship has sailed

[smirkymonkey]

23. *snort*

Seriously, for both him and Hitchcock. Why even bother mentioning the fattening part?

[sadiegirl]

18. Oh, wasn't that when Joe was a raging Republican who gave Clinton no quarter?

Trump is going down a slippery slope here. He may be sorry he implied this. Real investigative reporters can find out lots of things.

Wide open for slander...

[Johonny]

26. The highlight is Trump's call to investigate. It's like he forgets he's the president at times

You're the president. If you want an investigation, have one.

[cilla4progress]

27. What I find funny is

That's he recycling old conspiracies.

He's got nuttin'. He's bored and in over his head as prez, so all is can come up with is recycling old conspiracy theories¡

[MFM008]

28. Get the conversation

AWAY from the tax bill.

[Me.]

29. I've Read Another Shoe Is About To Drop

Russia/Flynn

[Gothmog]

30. This rumor has been floating around for years

It is pretty sad to see trump push it